Some manufacturers have started using recessed valves that don’t simply slide into the flexible adapter. For these valves the adapter kit includes specially designed adapters that will convert these to be compatible with the flexible adapter. One of the adapters is specifically designed to fit the current big Big Agnes valve, which is quite different from others. The other adapter is more universal and fits Exped UL, Nemo, and other similar valves that are close to this size. The universal adapter kit opens the option of using this pump with a wide variety of mattress types, so you are no longer limited to only the new Therm-a-rest valves.
In addition to accommodating a wider range of applications, this kit also allows a group of hikers with a variety of mattress types to all share one pump, lowering the distributed weight to extremely low levels. Camp-tek is always looking for better ways to support the Backpacking Community and we are excited to be able to offer this new level of performance in battery powered mattress inflation.